Varnishing machine



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J. H. MOELL'ERL. wmmsmws MACHINE'. FILED Mov 9. 1920 rotin n, troisieme,o

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F ST. LOUIS, lttI-SSUUR, iSElGNUR T THE GOD`E'EARS METALLIC RUBBERSHOECOl-PANY, A. CORPORATIEON Dit? CDNNECTGUT.

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l l Application tiled November 9, 1.920. Serial Ilio.` 4:22,@34.

To all whom it may conce/ru.'

Be it known `that l, JOHN lil. lt/lonnnnn, a .citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at `tit. Louis, State of lliissouri. have inrented acertain new and useful Varnishing Machine, of which the` following is afull/clea-r'. and enact description. y

rlhis invention relates to a varnishing machine,` and more particularlyto a machine for varnishing Vulcanizable articles such as footwear,prior vto tbe `vulcan'icing operatiO'Ii; f

Machines otthis general type are`wellknown, such machines consisting` ota `tank orvarnish, and a support pivot-ally mounted at theside of thetank for removably holdinga so-called shoe `stick containing thearticles which are to be yarnished or dipped. The shoes or otherfootwear areV mounted on the lasts on which they have been made, theselasts having sockets adapt ed to slidably receive pins mounted on theshoe stick and support the shoes and lasts in inverted position on thestick. Hence, when the support carrying the shoes is swungon itspivot to`immerse the shoes in the tank in upright position the shoes and thelasts on which they are supported are liable to drop oftthe pins on theshoe stickunless some means is provided for retaining them in po sitionduring the dipping or yarnishing operation To prevent the shoes fromdronping oil:1 a bar is piyotally mounted on the tank, in position to beengaged by the shoes as they are swung down into the tank,y this barhaving connected thereto a counter-balance or other means tor yieldablyresisting the movement ofthe shoes into the tank.

. The `shoe supporting means is also provided `with counter-balancing`means to aid in rer turning it after the dipping operation. Thefcounterbalance for the shoe engagingbar has fusually `been mounted atthe side of' the tank and `in a position to interfere more or less withthe `movements of the operator `whendipping the shoes. y y

The objects of my 'inifention are to pro- Vide a simple and easily`operated varnishing machine `having a minimum number oi parts.` and soconstructedthat-none of the ,partswill beV in `the way of the operatorusingthe` machine.

For a j detailed disclosure ot the invention reference is had to theaccompanying speci.- tication and drawings, in which latter:

Fig. .1 is a side elevation oi the machine;

Fig 2 is a front View thereoiZ ;l and Fig. 3 is a detail illustratingVthe manner in which the shoe stick is supported.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 represents a trame on which ismounted the tank 2 for the lvarnish, the latter having sides 3 andextended ends 41, Leading troni `the bottom. of the tank is a pipe 5 towhich isconnected a valve con'trolled inlet 6 and a valve controlledoutlet 6". `At the upper edges of the sides 3 of the tank drain boards 7are provided, and adjacent each end ot each `dramlooard isa bracket 8having a hea-ring surface 9 at its top upon which rests an arm 10pivotally connected to the bracket at 11. Pivotally connected to a pairot arms 10 at 12 is a wide lll-shaped frame having end portions or legs13 and a connecting portion 14, to which latter secured a handle 15.VSecuredto the tree end ot each leg 13 is a channel-shaped member 16, thechannel 17 oi which, however, does not extend entirely through themembe"` 16 as shown in 1. rlhe ends oit the shoe stick 1.8 tit slidablyin the channel `17 and pairs of retaining pins 19 are mounted atintervals onl thestick. rllhe lasts 20 carrying 4the t'ootwear articles21 are provided with connected to the ends of the bar 24 are cables 25extending over pulleys 26 and carryingV weights 27 on their oppositeends. it

.desired the dipping mechanism `may be duplicated `on each tank, `asshown `in Fig. 1.

lin operation'the shoe sticks carrying `the lasted'shoes are mountedinrackson small cars, and the operator passes rapidly Jfrom 4ioneVarnishing machine to the next, remov- .ing sticks of shoes tromtheracks and `1n- -sertingone` in the shoe stick supporting trame oteachmachine and then grasping the handle and swinging theframe inwardly4.and downwardly to immerse the shoes in the contents of the tank. Theparts are then returned to the position shown at the right hand side ofFig. lk and the shoes left to drain. It/ivill benoted 'trom l'li'. lthat While the shoes are in the position shown at the right hand side ofthe ligure they are substantially inverted and they and supporting lastsremain in poen on pins 19. As the shoes pass the posit on shown at theleft hand side of l, heu'- ever, and begin to assume the upl1 it posbtion shown in the center the lasts and shoes tend to slip otl the pins19, but due to the don/'invard movement of the arms 22 the U-Shapedframe swings on its pivots l2 t` shoe engaging bar 24 is brought to theposition shown at the lei'it hand side of Fig. l and .engages the shoesthereby prerentinglj displacement. of the lasts and shoes during` thedipping' operation. By reason of the iv ights 2i' the bar 2e is heldirmly against the shoes and these Weights also return the bar 2d and theshoe supporting Ytrame to the position shown at the right hand side oi"F l. Any equivalent of the weights may be used instead.

It will be seen that by my invention a varnishing machine has beenprovided which can be operated by one hand, which 'consists of minimumnumber of parts, in which a single set or" Weights acts tocounterbalance and return both the shoe supporting frame and the shoeengaging bar, and in Which all oiC Ythe mechanism of the machine isdisposedentirely out ot the Way ot the operator.

While a specific adaptation of the invention has been shown anddescribed ii obvious that numerous changes may be made in the machineWithin the scope of the appended claims, and it is not limited in itsvapplication to the dipping` or varnishingoit footwear.

Having` thus described my inrention, what I claim and ydesire to protectby Letters Pat ent is:

l. In a liquid coating machine, a taf. k1, pivotally mounted means forloosely supporting` the articles to be coated adjacent the tank, meansLwhereby said first 'means may be moved -to immerse the articles in thetank, and unitary means carried by the supporting means for preventingdislocation oit' the articles on vthe support during immersion and'returning said pivotally mounted means to inoperative vposition afterimmersion ot the articles.

- '2. In a. liquid coating machine, a tank 'forv the liquid,pi'vo't'allyl mounted means 'for loosely supportinz'g` articleseither ininverted pos'itionlait `theside kl0l: the tank or in upright positionWithin the tank, and unitary means carried by the supporting meansengaging' the articles While Within the Vtank to prevent dislocation'thereof and tendingl to return said pirotally mounted means loinoperotiriposition and the artirles to inverted position aliterimmersion at the side of the tank.

3. In a rarnishing; machiney a luuk. u footwear support pii'otaliymounted ou said tank, means carried therehj.` 'for loosely holding` tbe:ear iu inverted posilioo. mean for r:=. liu!" the suphuri 1 immune.'tlfe footwear iii ghe ank iu uprigl'ht position. and unitary meanscarried by the suppori and operative upon rotation there-oli' lo eupagethe 'lfootuear to prevent displueezueu thereof and tendiinV to returnsaid suppor: to inoperative po ition and the footwear lo invertedposition at the side of the tank.

ln a furnishing machine. a varnish tank. a suppmfting` arm pirotollymouutel thereon, a ioi' t\':ear carrier pirotzilly rarried by saidsupportinn arm. l'oot\\'eur retaining' means pivotally couuerted :il omend to said carrier, and means founeeted to the other end of saidretainingmeans for yieldingly maintaining` said supporting arm and partscarried thereby at oue side ol' the tank.

In a inrnishingmachine. a varnish tank, arms piroted at the sidethereof, :i shoe stick .supporting trame pivoted to said arms, armsrigidly connected to said frame. a shoe retaining bar piroted to saidlast named arms. and counter-balancing menus supported by said bar andoperating therethrough thereby tending' to return the supporting iframeto inopcratire position after immersion.

(l. In a. \i'arnishin;' machimma tank. arms eirotally mounted at theside ol said tank, means pivoted on said arms ior looselv holdingfootwear articles in inverted position, means for turning' said lastmeans ou its pivots and said arms on their pivots to thereby immerse thefootwear in said taulf; in upright position, aud means connected to saidpivotcd means aud operative to engage the footwear to preventdisplacement thereol.: during;v immersion. p

'7. In a varnishiu;r machine, a. varnish tank, arms pivoted at the sidethereof, a shoe stick .supporting frame pivoted to said armsintermediate its ends, au operatingY handle secured to one tree end olthe l'rnme. means 'lfor supporting a` stick ol shoes disposed at theother free end. curved arms rigidly connected to said 'Frame at oue sideol `its pivot point, a shoe retainingV bar pivotally mounted on saidcurved arms` and counterbalancing` means connected to said bar.

8. In. a rarnishing' machine, a varnish tank, piyotally mounted meansimifludimgry au arm pivotally secured to the side o1 the tank forloosely supiiortiug l'mituf'ear iu one position at the side ot the tankor iu an inverted position laterally therefrom Within the tank, movablemeans carried by said first means for engaging' the footwear lill lilo

i,aliievi as itis swung bodily laterally into the tank to preventdisplacement thereof, and means connected to said last means anddisposed above the tank for yieldingly resisting` the inward movement ofsaid first two means.

9 ln a Varnishing machine, `a varnish tank, pivotally mounted meansincluding. an arm pivotally secured to the side of the tank "for looselysupporting` footwear at one side oit the tank, whereby the `footwear maybe swung' bodily laterally into the tankj a footwear engagine'` bai`disposed in the path i of `the 'footwear and pivotally Carried by saidmeans, and means connected to saidl bar for yieldingly` resisting;`displacement i thereof by the footwear.

10. lin a Varnishing machine, a tank, arms pivotally connected to theside of the tank adjacent its top.y a shoe stick supporting framepivoted between said arms, means whereby said parts and the supportedshoes may be swungv down into the tank, a shoe engaging bar pivotallycarried by said frame and disposed in the path of the shoes, and meansdisposed out of the way of the operator and supported by said bar foryieldingly resisting displacement o'l said bar during the said downwardswinging and operating therethrough in the upward move ment therebytending to return the supporting frame to inoperative position afteriinmersion and to disengage said bar Jfrom the shoes. i

`Signed at St. Louis, Missouri; this first day of November, 1920.

JOHN H. MOELLER.

